This guide is strikingly different from other books on Microsoft ADO.NET. Rather than load you down with theory, the new edition of ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook gives you more than 200 coding solutions and best practices for real problems you're likely to face with this technology using Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 platform. Organized to help you find the topic and specific recipe you need quickly and easily, this book is more than just a handy compilation of cut-and-paste C# code. ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook also offers clear explanations of how and why each code solution works, and warns you of potential pitfalls so you can learn to adapt the book's problem-solving techniques to different situations. This collection of timesaving recipes covers vital topics including:

• Connecting to data

• Retrieving and managing data

• Transforming and analyzing data

• Modifying data

• Binding data to .NET user interfaces

• Optimizing .NET data access

• Enumerating and maintaining database objects

• Maintaining database integrity

Ideal for ADO.NET programmers at all levels, from the relatively inexperienced to the most sophisticated, this new edition covers the significant 3.5 upgrade, including new programming tools such as LINQ. ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook offers a painless way for those of you who prefer to learn by doing when it comes to expanding your skills and productivity.

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Great Resource For .NET DB Developers - 2008-06-12
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The 'ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook' is a great resource for every .NET database developer out in the world. With 950+ pages of content you will not be reading thin, as this goodies book comes with 222 tidbits of information that will help you in your everyday work.

Subjects covered include:

- connecting to a variety of data sources
- working with disconnected data objects (datasets)
- querying data
- executing functions and stored procedures
- using LINQ
- searching and filtering data
- adding and updating data
- copying/transferring data
- database integrity
- binding data to web forms
- XML data
- optimizing .NET data access
- debugging stored procedures
- doing batch updates
- enumerating SQL servers
- SQL Server CLR integration

I feel that is an outstanding companion book for .NET database developers that are looking for a resource that specifically outlines tasks into a neat, organized manner. Instead of thumbing through a book to figure out a particular way to do something, these common tasks and questions are broken up for ease of use and efficiency. If you are a .NET DB developer you definitely owe it to yourself to add this great book to your collection of technical books immediately.

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Not a comprehensive source for ADO.NET - 2009-05-07
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Just make sure you know what you're getting with this book, and don't expect that it will be the be-all-to-all. If you're new to ADO.NET, you need something more basic. I would also get a plain vanilla reference manual, as it will be difficult to pick out basic structures from this book. It does show many ways to do things, but you have to know what you're looking for, and don't expect exhaustive explanations for what you find or a comprehensive index, either. You need other sources for that. But if you already knew the information from the basic sources, you might not need this book. It seems to be saying, "Look what all you can do with this," but it doesn't give you the basics. Again, if you knew the basics, you could probably write the book.

Great Book, Great Job - 2009-04-08
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I recently purchased this book, and I must confess, it's fantastic. I saw a small review by Scott Michell in MSDN magazine and decided to give it a try. Glad I did. On a recent project I needed to move records from dbase 111 to Access, this book showed me how to connect, read and insert records from disparate systems. I looked like a hero at work after I completed it.
If you need simple, concise and working codes(with explanations) this book will provide both. In full measure.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

The Real ADO.NET 3.5 Book - 2008-09-27
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I finally come across a very good ADO.NET textbook. The author has done an excellent job explaning everything that ADO.NET 3.5 has to offer. I really like the textbook structure. The problem/solution approch is awesome. that book is fully loaded with code sample, in which you face with a problem, and the next thing you know is your problem is solved. I highly recommend this book for any developers who need to deepen their knowledge of this great Data Access technology from Microsoft(ADO.NET). Thank you Sir.

Really good for ADO.NET programmers - 2008-06-22
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[Also posted on my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2008/06/11/book-review-ado-net-3-5-cookbook.aspx]
After several days, I've finally finished reading this book. This is really a very complete book wit lots and lots (and lots!) of examples. It's fair to say that it covers most (if not all) ADO.NET related scenarios (I'm an SQL Server user but if you're into Oracle then it also has several examples that show how to use ADO.NET and Oracle).

I do have one complaint though: chapter 8. Currently, I'll personally "hurt" anyone that is working on the same project as me and that uses ADO.NET objects on window forms or ASP.NET front ents! Ok, I'm not violent, so I wouldn't really hurt anyone :) serioulsy, don't use ADO.NET objects on your UI.

Having said this, I still recommend it (specially if you're working with ADO.NET).

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